ACT ON THE CONTROL OF THE MANUFACTURE, EXPORT AND IMPORT OF SPECIFIC CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS FOR THE PROHIBITION OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to prescribe matters necessary for the prohibition of manufacture, etc. of chemical weapons and biological weapons and for the control, etc. of manufacture, export and import of specific chemical substances, biological agents or toxins that can be used in the manufacture of chemical weapons and biological weapons in order to enforce the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction and the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction and to fulfill international obligations concerning the prohibition and control of chemical weapons and biological weapons.

[This Article Wholly Amended on Apr. 14, 2011]

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows:

1. The term "chemical weapon" means any of the following:

(a) A toxic chemical substances and its precursors: Provided, That where a toxic chemical and its precursors are used for purposes not prohibited by the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (hereinafter referred to as the "Chemical Weapons Convention"), such cases shall be excluded;

(b) A munition or device specifically designed to cause death or harm through the toxic properties of those toxic chemical substances specified in item (a);

(c) Any equipment or means of delivery specifically designed for the purpose of using munitions or devices specified in item (b);

2. The term "purposes not prohibited by the Chemical Weapons Convention" means any of the following purposes:

(a) Industrial, agricultural, medical, pharmaceutical, research, or other peaceful purposes;

(b) Protective purposes directly related to the protection of human lives and bodies and the environment against toxic chemical substances and chemical weapons;

(c) Military purposes not connected with the use of chemical weapons and not dependent on the use of the toxic properties of chemical substances as a method of warfare;